Brush attachment for power grain-shovels.



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UNITED .l STATES FRANK KAUUHER, OF

PATENT i sfr. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

BRUSH ATTACHMENT FOR POWER GRAlN-SHOVELS.`

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,578, dated October 10, 1899. Application led February Z0, 1899. Serial Nol 705,176. (No model.)

To all whom it mctyrconcert:

Be it known that IQFRANK KAUCHER, of St. Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brush Attachments for Power Grain-Shovels andY I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification;

In the unloading of grain from cars by means of power grain-shovels much time is lost in gathering up by hand-labor and withordinary brooms such of the grain as is left on the car tloor and which the shovel at the close of its work fails to pick up and dispose of.

The object of my invention is to eect the finishing up of the unloading of the grain by means of a` brush apparatus applied to the power-shovel and in'such manner that it can readily be attached to or detached from it or lmay be swung or thrown up against the back of the shoveljto be put out of use when not Wanted and beswung down and. held toits proper place when it is to be brought into use, and may'also be adjusted as need be to compensate for the wear of the brush, the construction being also such that grain in the corners of the car may be brushed out.

The drawings illustrate practicable and simple devices for effecting these ends.

Figure 1 represents a power grain-shovel with a rope or chain attached by means of which the shovel may be pulled forward byV any snitablemechanism, not needed to be shown, as l make no claim either to the shovel itself or to the Vpower mechanism. Fig. 2 illustrates a cross-section of my brush def vices attached to such a shovel, the shovel being also in cross-section. Fig. 3 illustrates in perspective a brush-block and its slotted hinges by means of which it may be remov-l ably secured for use to the back of the shovel; Fig. L1, a perspective view of the shovel and its brush in position thereon for use, and Fig. 5 a detail showing the lateral extension of the 5o brush at its ends.

The shovel A and its handle ci need no detailed description.

B indicates a wooden brush-block of a length to extend across the shovel, the brush itself being omitted in Fig. 3, as it is shown in some of the other figures. C C are meta-l hinges, one leaf of which is screwed or otherwise secured tooneside or face of this block near its ends, the hinge-joint c' of each hinge being at Vor near the edgewof the block, as shown. The 'f free leaves o2 Vof th ese hinges are slotted or re cessed, as shown at c3, to facilitate their being readily secured to the shovel by means of threaded bolts Dand thumb-nuts d', the

bolts extending, as vshown in Fig. 2, through a' bolt-hole in the back of the shovel. E is a similar hinge applied to the block between C C, but in a position the reverse of C C, and

so that its hinge-joint is at that edge of the block which is opposite to the joints c'. The free leaf ef of hinge E is also slotted and is longer than leaves o2 to permit it to be secured to the back of the shovel by its bolt F and thumb-nut f'. When the block and its brush are so applied and the thumb-nuts tightened, with the position of the parts as shown in Fig. 2, the block is held rmly for use. and th umbscrews or bolts permit any desired vertical adjustment of the brush-block, either in setting them or to compensate for wear.

The dotted lines in Fig. 2 show the position of the block and brush when turnedup out of use. This changeof position is effected by simply loosening the thumb-nuts F and turning the block upward on its hinges c. This lifts the slotted leaf e2, which is then secured by its thumb-nutf. The brush should extend about an inch or an inch and a half below the lower edge of the shovel.

The iilling of the brush may be of any suitable durable material-say,for instance, ratan or kindred material. f

Referring now more particularly to Fig. 5,

Vit will be seen that the brush at each of its The slots IOO brought into position for use, or to be swung up out of use, substantially as set forth.

3. In combination With a power grainshovel, the described removable brush, hinges thereon each having one of its leaves secured thereto, and fastening-screws serving to hold the block removably to the bottom of the shovel, substantially as set forth.

FRANK KAUCHER.

J. G. SCHNEIDER,

| l Witnesses: i O. J. ALBRECHT. 

